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Should I ship a Character Customization Quick-Time Events game?
Character Customization + Quick-Time Events
Of 22 developers who shipped a Character Customization Quick-Time Events game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 65 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $690, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $180k, ×297 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 65 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $693 (exactly $693) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 5% | $187k (exactly $186,601) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 65 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 35% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 35%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Character Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization, Quick-Time Events; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 3,823 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 7 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 2025 · $5.2M 
New Tales from the Borderlands 2022 · $2.1M 
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Headbangers: Rhythm Royale 2023 · $884k 
Rock Star Life Simulator 2025 · $187k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 | $59.99 | 2,879 83% | 86k | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) | CyberConnect2 | |
| | New Tales from the Borderlands | older | $39.99 | 1,737 29% | 52k | $2.1M (exactly $2,083,879) | Gearbox Software |
| | Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator | older | $29.99 | 2,222 83% | 67k | $2.0M (exactly $1,999,133) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Headbangers: Rhythm Royale | older | $29.99 | 983 69% | 29k | $884k (exactly $884,405) | Glee-Cheese Studio |
| | Rock Star Life Simulator | $12.49 | 498 85% | 15k | $187k (exactly $186,601) | HOGO Games | |
 | CFS (Chinese Football Simulator) | $9.99 | 290 67% | 8.7k | $87k (exactly $86,913) | 悟空实验室 | |
 | FAP & CUM: Simulator 🔞💦 | older | $9.99 | 127 55% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $38,062) | Octo Games |
 | Dashy Square | older | $6.99 | 110 81% | 3.3k | $23k (exactly $23,067) | Kastriot Sulejmani, Logan Gerrol |
 | Monster Meals | $6.99 | 79 98% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | Giant Warrior Studio | |
 | Schlag den Star - Das 3. Spiel | older | $29.99 | 11 9% | 330 | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) | Twigames Inc. |
 | Pocket Gecko | $3.99 | 49 97% | 1.5k | $5.9k (exactly $5,865) | riyotsa | |
 | City 33 | $15.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | ebt studios | |
 | Thunder Infinity | $4.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Enrique G. Galvez | |
 | Capitalist Misadventures | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Caramelo Studios | |
 | Cozy Tide | $3.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | breadcrumbs | |
 | Widget Warriors | $4.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Vespertine Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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